Attachment for hats.



ATTACHMENT FOR HATS. `APPLICATIoH FILED JULYs1, 1966.v

WILLIAM L. MAYNARD, OF HUDSON, MICHIGAN.

ATTACHMENT FOR HATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed July 31,1906. Serial N0. 328,596.

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM L. MAYNARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hudson, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Hats, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple attachment for hatsdesigned not only as a means for marking a hat, but also being effectiveto prevent likelihood of the hat being placed upon the head of one towhom it does not belong by mistake.

The invention involves novel details of construction and is very simplein operation, as will appear more fully as the description proceeds.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the meansfor effecting the result reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectionalview showing an at tachment comprising the invention applied to anordinary form of hat. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing theattachment adjusted, as when in use, the hat not being in use or uponthe head. Fig. 3 is a view of the attachment as it may be supplied tothe trade and preparatory to aiiixing the same to the hat.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Specifically describing the invention it is contemplated that theattachment include suitable means for securing the same to the hat la,this means preferably consisting of a split band 1, made from a strip ofmaterial, such as light sheet metal, said band having a number ofprojections 2 extending therefrom and adapted to pass through the bandinside of almost all hats to thereby iirmly connect the band 1 with thehat. The ends of the strip from which the band 1 may be made are securedtogether in any suitable way or may overlap. When the band l is appliedto the hat, projections 3 in the length of the band are at oppositepoints or opposite sides of the hat, and these projections,

hinged to its projection 3, while the member 5 consists, preferably, ofa wire loop or baillike part which is also hingedly connected with itsprojection 3.

When the attachment is in use, the members 4 and 5 are at opposite sidesof the hat interiorly thereof, and springs 6 at the hinged end portionsof said members 4 and 5 normally tend to force the free ends thereof upinto the crown of the hat, so that the members 4 and 5 will notinterfere or bear against the head of the wearer of the article when thehat is in use. Vhen, however, the hat is removed from the head'of thewearer, he pulls downwardly upon the members 4 and 5 until the outer endof the member 5 receives the outer end portion of the member 4. Thecross-bar at the outer extremity of the member 5 is engaged between twoprojections 7, which extend from the imder side of the member 4.

The manner of interlocking the bail-like member 5 with the pllate 4, asabove speciiied, will so adjust t ese two members with regard to oneanother that they will project downwardly from the crown or top of thehat and will prevent any one from placing the hat upon the head,offering a substantial obstruction to such operation. It will beobvious, therefore, that one taking upl the hat must necessarilymanipulate the parts 4 and 5 before he can place the hat upon his head,and in so doing he will note the name of the owner of the hat upon theplate 4, and this will obviate any likelihood of any mistake being madein securing the right hat or the one which belongs to him. In use,therefore, the parts 4 and 5 of the attachment extend up into the crownof the hat when the latter is upon the head of the wearer 5 but when thearticle is removed from the head said members 4 and 5 are engaged withone another after being pulled downwardly, and thus project down fromthe crown of the hat to accomplish the result above set forth. Theinvention is very simple in its construction and may be manufactured ata nominal cost, so as to insure its meeting with a ready market, asalmost everybody will desire to be supplied with a simple means ofmarking the hat, such as above described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Anattachment for hats embodying suitable securing means for fastening thesame thereto, other means normally occupy- IOO ing a position within thehat so as not to obstruct or prevent placing of the article upon thehead, and means for holding the lastmentioned means in a positionpreventing placing of the hat properly upon the head.

2. In combination with a hat, an attachment therefor embodying means forfastening the same to the hat, members normally occupying positionswithin the hat so as not to interfere with placing the article upon thehead, and means for holding said members in such positions that theyproject downwardly from the crown of the hat and prevent placing of thehat properly upon the head.

3. In combination with a hat, an attachment therefor including a band orstrip fastened within the hat, and members pivoted to the said band orstrip and normally occupying positions in which they project upwardlytoward the crown of the hat, said members being movable to occupypositions extending away or downwardly from the crown of the hat, andmeans for holding the members in the last-mentioned positions.

4. In combination with a hat, an attachment therefor consisting ofcoperating members pivotally connected with the hat at opposite sidesthereof, means normally holding said members in positions in which theyeX- tend toward the crown of the hat, and interlocking means between themembers for holding the same in positions in which they eX- tend fromthe crown of the hat to prevent placing of the article upon the head ofthe wearer.

5. In combination with a hat, an attachment therefor consisting ofcooperating members pivotally connected with the hat at opposite sidesthereof, means normally holding said members in positions in which theyextend toward the crown of the hat, and means for holding the saidmembers in positions in which they extend from the crown of the hat toprevent placing of the article upon the head of the wearer, one of themembers constituting a name-plate.

6. In combination with a hat, an attachment therefor consisting ofcooperating members pivotally connected with the hat at opposite sidesthereof, means normally holding said members inpositions in which theyeX- tend toward the crown of the hat, and means for holding the saidmembers in positions in which they extend from the crown of the hat toprevent placing of the article upon the head of the wearer, one of themembers constituting a name-plate, the other-of the members comprising aloop of wire material adapted to interlock with the name-plate.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM L. MAYNARI).

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